Interview with GM leader replacing carplay and Android auto
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That's odd. My XC40 Recharge with the Google Automotive ecosystem in there already does this.
Eventually, ALL car manufacturers are going to "own" their screens
CarPlay and Android Auto were stopgaps, hope you enjoyed them
I enjoy using Android Auto in my '22 Civic, but I also know that the only reason Honda supports it is because they just haven't built out their replacement tech yet. They will (or license what GM is building).
Honda, Toyota, Ford, Mercedes...everyone...they are all going to own (and monetize) that center console. They don't care what HN thinks and they know that five years after the transition, no one will remember or care.
Doesn't anyone remember the story a few months back of carmakers rebufffing Apple's attempts to integrate CarPlay better? They don't want Apple owning the center screen! If you really really like CarPlay, keep praying for the Apple Car.
Everyone digging in their heels on this will be like the people who swore to never give up manual stick.
If GM will even let Honda buy it, at any price. I am sure they live in hope.
Every Japanese carmaker just enviously dreams of getting a piece of that hot, hot technology that floods constantly out of Detroit nowadays. If a Japanese carmaker wants its products to be seen by customers as worthwhile it will get as involved with GM as it possibly can and make sure everybody knows it, and this is a line of reason that doesn't seem like something cooked up by someone who recently suffered a head injury...